Chapter 116: Taking Wancheng (5)
A total of 53 soldiers who decided to listen to Wei Yan's words and follow him to open the city gate and save the lives of their families. On the contrary, there were forty-seven soldiers who swore to be loyal to Liu Biao and defend Wancheng.
The positions of the two groups of people are different, and at this time, they naturally draw their swords against each other, and the number of people on Wei Yan's side is slightly larger, but with Wei Yan himself personally sweeping the formation, there is no reason to win. Soon, more than forty people on the opposite side were quickly slaughtered, while their own side lost eleven people.
Wei Yan hurriedly left the barracks with the remaining forty-two people and hurried to the city gate, after all, the previous battle was not small, and it would be bad if other teams were brought in.
More than 40 sergeants walked down the street, and the momentum was amazing. However, the people knew that they were the defenders of Wancheng, so no one had any fear.
After all, it is these people who have been waiting for the city they live in, and if it weren't for them paying the price of their lives to fight Cao Jun, it is still two to say whether they can live now. Therefore, for these Wancheng soldiers, the people will only be grateful or admire them, but they will not have a sense of fear for them.
However, if the people knew that the more than 40 soldiers were on this trip to open the city gate and welcome the Cao army into Wancheng, I don't know how they would feel in their hearts?
When he came to the city gate, Wei Yan didn't say a word, and walked straight to the soldiers guarding the gate.
"Stop coming!" Although the soldiers guarding the gate did not know what Wei Yan was thinking at this time, their duty was not to let anyone near the city gate, whether it was the people in the city or anyone else. In short, at such an extraordinary time, the fewer people near the city gates, the better.
Especially since Wei Yan was still followed by so many people, the soldiers guarding the city did not dare to let him get close. Although they were all dressed in the same uniform as themselves, their mission was to discourage anyone who wanted to approach the city gates without receiving an order.
Although Wei Yan is the capital of the army, it stands to reason that he will not do anything unfavorable to Wancheng. But looking at the figure of Wei Yan's group approaching, the soldier couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart.
"Nothing will happen......"
Wei Yan saw that someone was obstructing, and his footsteps did not stop at all, but there was a faint phenomenon of acceleration.
"Stop! Stop! Seeing that Wei Yan not only did not stop, but instead accelerated the speed of his advance, the uneasy mood in his heart became even worse, and he shouted at Wei Yan again and again.
Wei Yan ignored him, not only did he not show signs of slowing down, but instead drew the saber at his waist as he marched.
The forty soldiers behind him also drew their weapons one after another.
At this moment, Wei Yan was less than twenty steps away from the city gate.
No matter how stupid the sergeant defending the city was, he would definitely see that something was wrong by now, not to mention that the soldier was not stupid.
"Someone! Stop them! Unfortunately, despite the sergeant's shouting, it was too late. The distance of twenty steps is only a dozen meters, which is really not far, Wei Yan and the others sprinted with all their strength, and arrived at the city gate in a few breaths.
Hearing someone calling, the defenders around the city wall also hurried over, and in a short time, Wei Yan and the others were surrounded by hundreds of people.
However, Wei Yan couldn't care about so much at this time, after hacking to death a few unlucky soldiers close to the city gate, Wei Yan ordered thirty people to form a small circle formation to protect the periphery, delaying time, and ordered the remaining ten or so people to seize the opportunity to quickly break the door bolt and open the gate of Wancheng.
As soon as the city gate is opened, it will be a great event!
Wei Yan didn't think about convincing some people to turn against him again with words like before, but no one was willing to give him this time.
The defenders launched wave after wave of attacks, and there were only more than forty people on Wei Yan's side, which was too different in number compared to the defenders, but fortunately, the city gate was relatively narrow, and there would not be too many people who could squeeze over. Wei Yan and the others were guarding the city gate with their backs, but they could also support them for a while.
The fighting between the two sides was very fierce, and the losses of Wei Yan's side soon reached twenty people, and the situation was extremely unfavorable. Wei Yan himself didn't get much better, he was already injured, and the wound burst when he was in the Taishou Mansion, and now he is completely desperate with his last breath, and he may die here if he is not careful.
At this moment, the gate of Wancheng was also slowly pushed open.
Wei Yan exhaled happily, if the city gate opened a little later, I was afraid that he would really suffer an accident.
Of course, there is still a lot of resistance now, after all, although the city gates are open, those soldiers are still staring at them like wolves, wishing they could eat themselves alive. It wasn't until Cao Jun entered the city that he could relax, and I hope Cao Jun could enter the city as soon as possible.
Just as Wei Yan was overjoyed that the city gate had been opened, a shocking roar suddenly disturbed his mind.
"Wei - Wen - Long ——!"
Wei Yan was shocked when he heard this, that voice was all too familiar to him, it was Huang Zhong!
From that high-pitched shout, there was nothing but infinite anger!
Huang Zhongyan was not angry, his injuries had improved slightly, and he wanted to go to see Liu Pan and ask the other party to allow him to go to the city wall to help in the battle. I never thought that after arriving at the Taishou Mansion, what I saw was such a miserable scene.
When he heard from the guards in the palace that the person who killed Liu Pan was actually Wei Yan, Huang Zhong almost immediately fell into a violent mood. The fact that the young man he had always favored was killed by the young man he had always favored added a lot of guilt to his heart in addition to anger.
If it weren't for my Huang Hansheng's poor eyesight and trust such an ungrateful person, how could General Liu end up in such a field!
Huang Zhong mourned in his heart!
Although in the original history, Wei Yan also had the deeds of killing Han Xuan and betraying the enemy, Huang Zhong did not blame the other party too much because of this. But that's because Han Xuan is not a good master, he is narrow-minded and has a violent temper, and Huang Zhong doesn't appreciate him very much. So at that time, although Wei Yan killed the lord, Huang Zhong was depressed for a while, and he didn't make any other out-of-the-ordinary reactions.
Liu Pan is different, although his ability is not the best, but his personal conduct is still very good, humble and courteous, and he also has a bit of the demeanor of a polite corporal on weekdays. Liu Pan doesn't like Wei Yan, it's just human nature, no matter which boss he changes, he won't like to have an unruly subordinate, as for demoting Wei Yan to Dubo, it is the result of Wei Yan's own suffering. If these cases are used to criticize Liu Pan's character, it is absolutely vexatious.
In addition, Huang Zhong and Liu Pan had a very close personal relationship, and since Liu Pan began to guard Changsha, Huang Zhong was appointed under his command, and then Liu Pan was transferred to Wancheng, and Huang Zhong came to Wancheng with his family. It can be said that the two have been partners for a long time, and their friendship with each other is extraordinary. After Cao Cao conquered Jingzhou in history, he ordered Han Xuan to defend Changsha on behalf of Liu Pan, and Han Xuan died, and Liu Bei occupied Changsha.
At this time, seeing that Liu Pan was killed by Wei Yan, Huang Zhong was furious, but he had not lost the ability to think. Wei Yan killed Liu Pan and couldn't wait to leave the city. But the question is, where will Wei Yan go out of the city from the Sifang City Gate?
It should be the north gate, because outside the north gate, is where Cao's army is stationed. If Wei Yan kills Liu Pan, he will definitely join Cao's army, and he will inevitably escape from the north gate.
As for details such as whether Wei Yan can get out of the city smoothly, Huang Zhong has no time to think about it, and now his heart is completely filled with anger, and the only thought in Huang Zhong's heart at the moment is: catch up with Wei Yan and kill Wei Yan!
After ordering the guards of the Taishou Mansion to find a horse, Huang Zhong went straight to the north gate.
"Wei Wenchang ——!" After seeing Wei Yan, Huang Zhong's eyes were red, and his body exuded an endless murderous aura.